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J6th  Congress,  )    HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES.     (  Ex.  Doo. 
f  I  No.  98. 


1st  Session. 


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CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  GENERAL  HARNEY. 


LETTER 


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THE  SECRETARY  OF  WAR, 


COMMnKICATIKO 


Copies  of  correspondence  tvilh  General  Harney,  not  hereto/ore  published, 
in  reference  to  his  administration  in  Oregon. 


JcKB  20,  I860. — Laid  upon  the  table  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 


War  Department,  June  20,  1860. 

Sib:  I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  the  papers  called  for 
by  the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  12th  instant, 
by  which  the  Secretary  of  War  it*  requested  "to  furnish  the  House  of 
Representatives  all  correspondence  on  file  in  the  War  Department, 
not  heretofore  published,  having  reference  to  General  Harney's  ad- 
ministration of  the  department  of  Oregon." 
Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

JOHN  B.  FLOYD, 

Secretary  of  War. 
Hon.  William  Pennington, 

Speaker  of  the  Bouse  of  Itepresentatives. 


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Headquarters  Department  op  Oregon, 
Fort  Vancouver,  W.  T.,  March  2,  1860. 

Colonel:  On  the  2d  of  September  last  I  notified  your  office  ot  t'ift 
necessity  of  some  350  recruits  to  fill  up  vacancies,  in  the  9th  regiment 
of  infantry  in  the  spring  of  this  year.  That  regiment  having  been 
org-anized  in  the  year  1855,  all  of  its  enlistments  expire  about  the 
same  time,  and  the  inducements  in  mining  in  this  country  are  such 
that  very  few,  if  any,  of  the  men  will  re-enlist. 


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2  C0ERE8P0NDENCE   WITH   GENERAL  HARNEY. 

By  the  return  of  this  department  for  the  raonth  of  December,  1859, 
you  will  perceive  153  recruits  are  needed.  These  vacancies  belong 
principally  to  other  regiments,  and  should  be  added  to  the  number 
estimated  for  in  September  last. 

This  department,  then,  will  require  at  least  500  recruits  before  the 
end  of  May. 

I  am,  colonel,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

WM.  S.  HARNEY, 
Brigadier  General,  Commanding. 
Colonel  S.  Cooper, 

Adjutant  General  Washimjton  City. 


Headquarters  Department  of  Oregon, 

Fort  Vancouver,   W.  T.,  March  5,  1860. 

General:  1  have  the  honor  to  enclose,  for  the  information  of  the 
V,'ar  Department,  a  copy  of  a  communication  from  John  M.  Work, 
esq.,  agent  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company;  also  my  answer  to  the 
same,  with  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  a  board  of  officers  convened 
by  my  orders  to  assess  and  report  the  value  of  tlie  im]»rovenionts  in 
question. 

The  land  upon  which  these  improvements  rest  is  needed  for  public 
purposes,  particularly  as  a  drill  ground  for  the  battery  of  light  artil- 
lery stationed  here  by  the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War;  and  as  it 
is  within  the  limits  of  the  military  reserve,  I  have  directed  these  im- 
provements to  be  removed.  The  possessory  rights  of  the  Hudson's 
Bay  Company  having  expired  with  their  charter"  in  May  last,  this 
establisliment  can  only  now  be  considered  as  remaining  in  position  at 
this  point  by  suiferance. 

I  am,  general,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

WM.  S.  HARNEY, 
Brigadier  General,  Commanding. 

Major  General  T.  S.  Jesup, 

Quartermaster  General  U.  S.  Army,   Washington  City,  D.  G. 


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Fort  Vancouver,  W.  T.,  March  1,  1860. 

Sir:  It  is  my  duty  in  the  absence  of  Mr.  Grahnm  to  endeavor,  bo 
far  as  I  have  ability,  to  protect  the  rights  and  property  of  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Company,  and,  at  least,  to  object  as  firmly  as  possible 
to  any  encroachment  upon  them. 

Having  been  informed  that  it  is  proposed  to  open  some  of  the 
enclosures  of  the  company  now  in  actual  cultivation,  and  claimed  as 
an  undoubted  part  of  their  possessory  rights  secured  to  them  by 
treaty  between  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain,  thereby  depriv- 
ing the  company  of  their  iieids  already  leased  for  the  present  year; 
and  having  also  been  informed  that  one  of  the  company's  oldest  and 


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with  the  adjoining  field  ctdtivated  by  him,  is  a  part  of  the  company's 
property,  for  more  than  ten  years,  has  been  informed  that  he  must 
leave  his  house  next  week,  or  be  forcibly  removed  by  a  file  of  soldiers, 
as  his  house  was  to  bo  torn  down  and  his  garden  thrown  open,  I 
feel  compelled,  in  behalf  of  the  company,  to  protest  most  earnestly 
against  any  interference  or  encroachment  upon  the  company's  rights 
in  the  manner  proposed,  not  less  because  of  the  great  damage  which 
will  result,  than  because  of  the  violatian  of  right. 

Hoping  that  no  act  will  be  permitted  by  your  authority  which  can 
be  regarded  as  an  encroachment  like  those  referred  to,  and  that  you 
will  pardon  my  suggestions  in  the  matter  in  the  absence  of  those 
whose  position  and  larger  experience  might  perhaps  give  greater 
weight  to  their  objections,  1  have  the  honor  to  be,  very  respetfully, 
your  obedient  servant, 

JOHN  M.  WORK, 
Agent  of  Hudson' a  Bay  Comjpany. 

Brigadier  General  W.  S.  Harney, 

Com' g  Depar' t  of  Ore'jon,  Fort  Vancouver,   W.  T. 


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Headquarters  Department  of  Oregon, 
Fort  Vancouver,   W.  T.,  March  3,  1860. 

Sir:  Your  communication  of  the  1st  instant  to  the  general  com- 
manding has  been  received,  and  1  iim  instructed  to  state  in  reply  that 
the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  is  not  recognized  as  having  any  posses- 
sory rights  in  the  soil  of  the  military  reserve,  in  consequence  of  the 
expiration  of  their  charter  as  a  trading  company  on  this  coast. 

The  land  in  question  is  needed  for  military  purposes  by  the  com- 
mand within  whose  limits  it  exists.  The  material  of  the  fences  and 
other  fabrications  will  be  placed  at  your  disposition  on  being  removed 
from  the  reserve. 

I  am,  sir,  verv  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

A.  PLEASONTON, 
Captain  2d  Dragoons,  Acting  Assistant  Adjutant  General. 
John  M.  Work,  Esq., 

Agmt  of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  Fort  Vancouver,   W.  T. 


Proceedings  of  a  hoard  of  officers  wJiich  convened  at  Fort  Vancouver^ 
Wash{ngto7i  Territory,  pursuant  to  thefolloiving  order  : 

SPECIAL  ORDERS,  No.  25.— [Extract.] 

Headquarters  Department  op  Oregon, 

Fort  Vancouver,  JV.  T.,  February  28,  1860. 

I.  A  board  of  officers  will  convene  at  Fort  Vancouver  on  the  Ist 
day  of  March,  1860,  at  11  o'clock  a.  m.,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  prac- 


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tlciiblo,  to  examine  and  report  upon  the  vuluo  of  certain  improvo- 
monts  on  the  military  reserve  placed  tliere  by  the  IIudson'H  Buy 
Company,  in  the  event  of  any  conipenaation  being  allowed  for  thorn 
hereafter  by  the  government. 

Detail  for  the  board:  Captain  A.  J.  Smith,  1st  dragoons;  (yaptain 
J.  A.  Ilardie,  3d  artillery;  First  Lieutenant  Chauneey  McKeover,  3d 
artillery. 

JJv  order  of  General  Harney. 

A.  PLEASONTOM, 
Captain  2(1  Dratjoons,  Adintj  Aunt.  Adjt.  General. 


Fort  Vancouvkr,  Washinoton  Tkrritoky, 

March  1,  IHGO,  11  o'' clock  a.  in. 

The  board  met  pursuant  to  the  above  order;  all  the  members  prea- 
pent.  The  board  then  proceeded  to  examine  certain  improvementa 
on  the  military  reserve,  placed  there  by  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company 
many  years  ago,  'ind  lying  to  the  west  of  a  line  of  stakes  commencing 
at  a  point  a])out  eighty  yards  to  the  east  of  the  Catholic  church,  and 
running  from  thence,  in  a  southerly  direction,  to  the  river.  The 
board  find  that  upon  this  portion  of  the  reserve  there  are  some  four 
or  live  hundred  yards  of  fence  and  eight  buildings  claimed  by  the 
Hudson's  Bay  Company,  (not  including  the  house  occupied  by  Mr. 
Tubbs,  which,  the  board  understand,  is  not  intended  to  be  removed 
at  present.)  The  board  find  that  the  fence  is  so  much  decayed  as  to 
be  of  no  value,  and  that  the  buildings  are  mere  shells,  rapidly  going 
to  decay,  most  of  them  propped  up  to  prevent  them  from  falling 
down,  the  only  exception  being  the  dwelling-house  in  front  of  the 
depot,  ((]uartermtister's  ofHce,)  which,  although  occupied,  is  in  a 
dilapidated  condition. 

The  board  estimate  the  total  i^alve  of  the  above  improvements  at 
$250,  (two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars.) 

There  being  no  further  business  before  it,  the  board  adjourned 
sine.  die. 

A.  J.  SMITH,  Presitknt, 

Captain  First  Dragoo7Ui. 
CHAUNCEY  McKEEVER,  limmler, 

First  Lieutenant  Third  Artillery. 
JAS.  A.  HARDIE, 

Captain  Third  Artillery. 


Approved : 


HEAnQUARTERS  DEPARTMENT  OF  OrEGON, 

Fort  Vancouver,   U\  T.,  March  5,  1860. 

W.  S.  HARNEY, 
Brigudier  Ge.nci-al,  Commanding. 


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Jiemarkti  of  the  Quai'tcriMistcr  Ocneral  of  (he  army,  resjjcdfully  nuhmitled 

to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Tho  ptKSsesHory  rights  of  the  IIudnon'H  Bay  Coini)any  could  not, 
under  eitluir  grant,  treaty,  or  law,  extend  beyond  tho  term  of  its 
charter.  Neither  the  British  nor  American  government  could  grant 
tho  land  in  fee-simple  to  anybody  during  tlic  joint  occupancy,  and 
the  treaty  of  1846  provides  only  for  possessory  rights,  not  for  feo- 
simple  anywhere.  If  the  company  has  a  title  to  any  land  within  our  ter- 
ritory, it  must  be  derived  from  tho  legislation  of  Congress  subsequent 
to  the  treaty.  I  know  of  no  such  legislation,  and  I  believe  the  com- 
pany does  not  pretend  that  there  has  been  any.  I  ask  the  attention 
of  the  Secretary  of  War  to  my  report  on  a  similar  case,  dated  the 
18th  of  August,  1858.  These  claims  will  probably  be  of  frequent 
recurrence,  and  it  is  desirable  that  the  question  in  regard  to  their 
extent  or  validity  be  authoritatively  settled. 

TH.  S.  JESUP, 
Quartermaster  General. 

April  15,  1860. 


Adjutant  General's  Office, 

Wash'iMjton,  May  10,  1860. 

General:  Your  letter  of  the  5th  of  March  last  to  the  quartermaster 
general  of  the  army,  enclosing  copies  of  a  communication  addressed 
to  you  under  date  of  March  1,  1860,  by  John  M.  Work,  esq.,  agent 
of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  of  your  re})ly  to  the  same,  and  of  the 
proceedings  of  a  board  of  officers  convened  by  you  to  assess  and  report 
the  value  of  the  improvements  placed  on  the  military  reserve  at  Fort 
Vancouver  by  tho  Hudson's  Bay  Company,  was  duly  laid  before  the 
Secretary  of  War,  and  has  been  referred  to  this  office,  with  the  fol- 
lowing indorsement: 

"War  Department,  April  ^0,  1860. 

"The  Hudson's  Bay  Company  is  not  recognized  as  having  any 
right,  by  law  or  treaties,  to  land  which  it  has  occupied  by  virtue  of 
its  charter  within  the  limits  of  Oregon  and  Washington  Territory,  its 
right  of  occupancy  having  expired  under  the  treaty  between  Great 
Britain  and  the  United  States.  Its  occupancy  of  any  part  of  the  mili- 
tary reserve  at  Fort  Vancouver  will  at  once  be  terminated,  and  all 
improvements  removed  excepting  such  as  may  be  useful  for  the  mili- 
tary service. 

"J.  B.  FLOYD, 

' '  Secretary  of  War. ' ' 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  general,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient 
servant, 

E.  D.  TOWNSEND, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 
Brigadier  General  W.  S.  Harney, 

Comm'g  DzpH  of  Oregon,  Fort  Vancouver,  W.  T. 


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[J\j  telpsrnph  to  St.  Joiwpti,  Miwtouri,  and  then  by  pony  exprew  to  Culifornlu] 

Adjutant  Oknkrai/s  Opkick. 

Uasliiw/ftm,  Jnnc  7,  1H(50. 

Tlio  Socrotary  of  War  diri'i'ts  that  tlio  execution  of  the  instructions 
convoyed  in  my  hotter  to  you  of  May  10  ultimo,  lespccting  tlie  chiimrt 
of  the  Hudson's  Bay  Company  to  hind  and  improvements  at  Fort  Van- 
couver, bo  suspended  until  furtiier  orders  from  the  War  I)ei)artmeiit. 

E.  D.  TOWNSENI), 

Aftsisfdut  Ailjutauf  (ivwvoL 

COMMANPINO  OfFFCKR  DkI'AIITMKNT  OF  OrKCOV, 

Fort  Vanrouirr,  Vaucouvcr,  W.  T. 


U.  S.  Northwest  Bounpary  Commission, 

Camp  Sonia/imno,  March  10,  ISGO. 

Sir:  I  have  the  honor  to  aeknowledj^o  tlie  receipt  of  your  letter  of 
the  13tli  ultimo,  enclosing:  tlte  copy  of  spei-ial  onlers  No,  19,  provid- 
in}:^  for  the  escort  of  the  boundary  commission  during  the  coming 
season. 

From  Mr.  Parke's  statenu-nt  of  the  circumstances  which  induced 
the  suggestion  upon  which  yon  based  the  order,  I  do  not  doubt  the 
change  in  the  arrangement  of  the  escort  is  judicious,  and  that  the 
efliciency  of  our  future  operations  will  be  thereby  promoted.  At  the 
same  time  I  take  pleasure  in  exi)ressing  my  entire  satisiaction  with 
the  services  of  the  escort  nnder  the  command  of  Captain  Archer,  as 
arranged  by  you  during  the  past  season;  and  as  a  means  of  conveying 
to  you  the  high  sense  I  entertain  of  the  efliciency  of  these  services, 
and  of  the  general  arrangements  made  by  you  for  the  aid  and  protec- 
tion of  the  commission,  I  take  the  liberty  of  enclosing,  for  your 
perusal,  a  copy  of  my  report  to  the  State  Department  upon  the  close 
of  the  operations  of  the  jiast  year. 

I  beg  also  to  ofler  you  my  thanks  for  your  comprehensive  and  satis- 
factory orders  to  the  commanding  ollicer  in  Colville  valley,  in  regard 
to  the  necessary  transportation,  sup])lies.  ttc,  to  be  furnished  the 
commission  agreeably  to  the  instructions  of  the  War  Department,  and 
will  avail  myself  of  your  suggestion  concerning  supplies  required  by 
the  commission  which  may  not  be  embraced  in  the  army  ration. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  sir,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

'  ARCHIBALD  CAMPBELL, 
Comnmsioner  Northwest  Boundary  Survey. 

Brigadier  General  W.  S.  Harney, 

U.  S.  A.,  Commanding  Department  of  Oregon. 

HEADgUARTERS  DEPARTMENT  OF  0RP:G()N, 

Fort  Vancouver,  March  24,  1860. 
This  communication  and  enclosure  are  respectfully  transmitted  for 
the  information  of  the  War  Department. 

WM.  S.  HARNEY, 
Brigadier  General,  Commanding » 


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Survey. 


U.   S.   NOIITHWKST  IjOUNDAUY  fJoMMlSHION', 

Camp  Svinialniion,   \V.  7\,  Dvrcmfm'  .'U,  ISftO. 

T  have  the  honor  herewith  fo  Iransniit,  for  tho  infornmtion  of  the 
department,  liieuteniuit  Parkin's  report  of  the  progress  of  the  survey 
of  th(!  boinuhiry  along  the  49th  parallel  between  the  Unit(Ml  States 
and  the  |{ritish  possessions,  during  the  pust  year.  It  will  be  seen 
thereby  that  notwithstamling  physical  obstacles  of  a  formidable 
character,  the  survey  has  been  carried  eastward  ns  far  as  the  Colum* 
l>ia  river,  in  acconliince  with  the  plan  of  opc'rations  determined  upon 
ut  the  commencement  of  the  si'ason.  l>y  uiioflicial  advices  from  liicm- 
toiiant  Parke,  as  late  as  the  2'2d  of  November,  T  loarn  that  an  astro- 
nomical and  a  reconnoitering  party  were  at  th.it  time  still  in  the  field, 
although  the  thermometer  had  been  down  to  10°  below  zero.  IJefore 
this  tiiu(!,  however,  it  is  probable  that  snows  have  driven  them  into 
their  winter  (piarters  at  Colviile  D(;])ot,  the  military  station  recently 
established  in  the  vicinity  of  the  4!)th  parallel.  From  that  point  it 
will  be  convenient  to  carry  on  reconnoissances  along  the  line  towards 
the  Rocky  mountains,  whenever  an  opportnnity  is  afTordcd  by  favor- 
able weather,  before  the  full   resumption  of  operations  in  the  spring. 

The  success  of  our  operations  during  the  past  season  has  been 
greatly  facilitated  by  the  admirable  arrangements  of  the  commanding 
general  of  the  department  of  Oregon  for  the  protection  of  our  parties 
in  their  laborious  progress  along  the  line,  over  a  rugged  mountainous 
region  hitherto  unexplored,  and  through  a  jiortion  of  country  occu- 
pied by  the  most  warlike  and  hostih*  tribes  of  Indians  in  Washington 
Territory.  The  mere  presence  of  United  States  troops  for  the  first 
time  on  that  remote  and  secluded  frontier,  had  the  moral  cfiect  to 
/quiet  and  overawe  them  into  submission,  and  thereby  enable  the 
commission  to  carry  on  the  work  more  vigorously  by  detaching  small 
parties  on  distant  surveys  and  reconnoissances  without  api)rehen8ion 
of  disaster. 

The  aid  and  protection  thus  rendered  by  CJeneral  Harney  is  highly 
appreciated  by  the  commission,  and  it  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  com- 
municate to  the  department  the  result  of  the  co-operation  of  that  dis- 
tinguished oIKcer. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

ARCHIBALD  CAMPBELL, 
Commissioner  Northtvest  Boundary  Survey. 
•    Hon.  Lewis  Cass, 

Secretary  of  State. 


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Hbadquarteus  Department  op  Oregon, 
Fort  Vancouver,  W.  T.,  March  13,  1860. 

Colonel:  With  the  detachment  of  recruits  asked  for  in  my  com- 
munication of  the  2d  instant,  a  number  of  musicians  should  be  in- 
cluded,  to  replace  those  of  the  ninth   infantry  to   be   discharged. 


.  :* 


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§  CORBESPONUENCK   WITH    GENERAL   I1AR.VEY. 

Major  |jiip;cnb('C'l,  iit  ('olvillc,  ntalcH  tl'o  four  comiuiniiiH  of  IiIh  corn- 
matid  will  ro(|uiro  hovcii  ltuj;l(M-H,  and  tlio  hiiiuo  will  doubtlcrts  bo  tlie 
cuHO  with   tlio  roinaiiiiiij!;  coiiipaiiios  of  fliat  ri't,'imoiit,  wliirli,  being 
orpinizcd  uk  lii.;lit,  iiil'antrv,  ro{|uiro  buj2;lers  as  imiHiciatiH. 
1  uni,  tuloiu'l,  vory  rtiHiioctrully,  your  obedient  servant. 

WM.  S.  HARNEY, 
Briijadui'  (Ivnvnd,   Commandimj. 
Colonel  S.  OooPER, 

Jdjutant  (icncnd  UnUal  Slates  Army, 

Wanhmjton  Cilif,  D.  C. 


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Headquaiitkrh  Dkpaiitment  op  Oueoon, 

Fort  Vancouver,   W.  T.,  April  i,  1860. 

Colonel:  1  have  the  lionor  to  cnelos*;  rhargoa  and  Hpecificationa 
against  First  Lieutenant  Henry  C,  Hodges,  adjutant  4th  infantry,  for 
the  action  of  the  War  Department. 

I  am,  colonel,  very  reKpectlully,  your  obedient  servant, 

W.  S.  HARNEY, 
Brujadkr  General,  Commanding. 
Colonel  S.  Cooper, 

Adjutant  General,  Washington  City,  D.  C. 


Charges  and  spedjiaitions  exhibited  against  Fird  Lieutenant  Henry  C. 
Bodges,  adjutant  4th  infantry,  by  Brigadier  General  William  8. 
Harney,  United  States  army,  comman/iing  the  department  of  Oregon. 

Charge  Ibt  :  Neglect  of  duty. 

Specijication. — In  this:  that  he.  First  Lieutenant  Henry  C.  Hodges, 
adjutant  of  the  4th  regiment  of  infantry,  and  judge  advocate  of  a 
general  court-martial,  dlid  neglect  and  fail  to  transmit,  in  a  proper 
manner,  the  proceedings  of  said  court  to  the  officer  having  authority 
to  confirm  the  same,  Brigadier  General  W.  S.  Harney,  United  States 
army,  the  commander  of  the  department  of  Oregon. 

This  at  Fort  "Vancouver,  W.  T.,  on  or  about  the  14th  dav  of  March, 
1860. 

Charge  2d:  Disrespect  to  his  commanding  officer. 

Specification. — In  this:  that  ho.  First  Lieutenant  Henry  C.  Hodgee, 
adjutant  of  the  4th  regiment  of  infantry  and  judge  advocate  of  a 
general  court-martial,  on  being  ordered  to  transmit  the  proceedings 
of  said  court  in  a  proper  manner,  did  forward  the  same,  with  an  iin- 


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profior  aiul  (linntHpcctfiil  letter  to  h'\n  commimdiiig  oflUter,  Hrigadior 
Oeiiiiial  W.  S.  Harney,  ei)inniiiii(ler  ul' tlie  (I('|)artriieiit  ol' ()r('^j;(»n, 

'riiisat  Kort  Vancouver.  W.  '!'..  on  oralioiit  the  ir)th  day  of  March, 
18(10. 

W.  S.  II A  Its  KY, 
liiigndu')'  Oeiicrnl,  Commanding. 
\Vitri<!H.MeH: 

Uri^.  (liMi'l  W.  S.  Marnky,   I J niUd  Slates  Army. 
("Ia[)tain  A.  I'lkasonto.v,  'Id.  DrfujoonH. 

IndorMVicid  of  ilu  jndgc  (ulvocate  of  llw  army. 

No  jud^ijnu'ut  can  bo  liiid  on  thoHO  ])apors,  wlicstlier  a  court  ought 
to  bo  ordered.  Tho  first  charjre  (h)eH  not  nay  whetler  ho  did  or  did 
not  trannniit  the  j)roct!edingH,  Ac,  and  no  copy  is  given  of  tho  disro- 
spectf'ul  hotter. 

Kenpectl'ully  (submitted. 

J.  F.  LEE, 
Judge  Advocate'. 


FouT  Vancouver,  Washington  Territory, 

March  '28,  18G0. 

Sir;  1  nend  to  tho  lieutenant  general  coniinanding  tlie  ;i''my  the 
encloKcd  pa[)er8  direct,  lor  the  Ibllowing  reaHonH: 

On  the  23d  instant  I  sent  my  appeal  to  the  commandiug  officer  of 
thi«  poHt,  Captain  A.  J.  Smith,  1st  dragoons,  to  be  forwarded  through 
the  commanding  reneral  of  this  department  to  Lieutenant  Qonoral 
Scott.  He,  Captain  Smith,  returned  it  on  the  21th  instant  with  this 
indorscnuint:  "Respeetlully  returned,  as  your  (my)  previjua  coin- 
munications  to  the  headcjuarti.'rs  of  this  department,  forwarded 
through  me,  have  not  yet  been  acted  upon  by  the  commanding 
general." 

As  this  matter  was  totally  different  from  the  one  he  referred  to,  I 
again  asked  him  to  forward  my  appeal,  and  he  promised  to  do  so;  but 
before  he  could  send  it  he  received  a  communication  <'rom  the  head- 
quarters of  this  department  forbidding  me  to  send  to  those  iieadquar- 
ters  any  further  communications  in  reference  to  my  arrest,  nor  any 
communications  upon  any  other  subject,  without  first  obtaining  per- 
mission to  do  so,  and  stating  the  nature  of  the  subject  I  wished  to 
refer.  A  copy  of  this  letter  1  enclose,  marked  C.  I  accordingly 
withdrew  my  appeal  until  I  could  find  out  whether  the  general  com- 
manding would  forward  it  or  not;  and  on  the  25th  instant  I  addressed 
a  communication  to  him,  (a  copy  of  this  is  enclosed,  marked  E,)  desir- 
ing to  know  if  he  would  forward  certain  papers  to  your  headquarters, 
and  stating  tlie  nature  of  these  papers.  To  this  I  received  a  letter, 
(copy  marked  D,)  on  the  27th  instant,  placing  m,e  in  dose  arrest,  and 
forbidding  me  to  send  any  more  communications  to  those  headquar- 
ters while  I  was  in  arrest.  Further,  the  commanding  officer  of  this 
post  considers  that  he  is  prohibited  from  forwarding  my  appeal  by 


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this  last-montioned  lottcr.     I  stnto  this  to  show  to  tlio  lieutenant 
general  that  I  have  done  all  in  i.iy  power  to  romj)ly  with  the  regula 
tion  whii'h  requires  nie  to  fcu'ward  all  my  letters  through  "inter- 
mediate commanders.''      I  now  send  tliem  direct. 

1  can't  but  feel  that  this  last  act  of  General  Harney's,  in  placiui: 
me  in  close  arrest  for  doing  what  his  letter  required  me  to  do,  i.  c, 
getting  j)ermission  lo  forward  communications,  is  "  tyranni«'al"  in 
the  extreme:  contrary  to  the  spirit  of  the  Regulations  lor  the  Army, 
})aragraplis  ::12,  21. >.  and  oppressive. 

I  lay  this  wliole  matter  before  my  commander-in-chief  for  his 
action,  believing  he  will  see  that  I  am  ])rotectcd  in  my  rights  and 
redressed  for  the  injury  done  me. 

I  am,  sir,  very  respectfullv,  vour  obedient  servant, 

HENRY  C.  HODGES, 
\sf  LlcHtenant  and  Adjutant  Mh  Infantry. 
Lieut.  Colonel  L.  Thomas, 

A.  A.  GcnvraJ,  Hcadq'iariers  of  the  Army, 

New  York  City,  New  York. 


Iii-ninrks  of  the  (renernl-iv-i'liicf. 

May  10,  18G0. 

I  solicit  the  Siu'rctary's  cIos(<  attention  \o  this  case.  1  am  greatly 
mistaken  if  an  instance  (4"  tyranny  so  useless  and  vexatious  ever 
occurred  in  our  army  before. 

On  Ih'igadicr  (Jcneral  Harney's  hotter  to  the  Hecretary  of  War 
(asking  ibr  a  court)  tht'  jud,i;e  advocate  (Major  Lee)  indorses:  "No 
judgment  i-an  lie  had  on  these  papers  (iierewith)  whether  a  court 
ouglit  to  be  ordercMl.''  «tc.  "  No  copy  is  given  of  the  disrespectfid 
letter."  Please  see  the  alleged  disrespectful  letter  transmitted  to  me 
Avith  this  appeal.  It  is  nowhere  stated  in  what  particular  the  letter 
Avas  deemed  disrespectful;  perhaps  in  omitting  before  the  name  of 
the  staff  ollicer  tlu'  prefix  captain.  \\\  everything  else  Lieutenant 
Hodges  was  courteous  and  respectful.  Is  it  not  intolerable  desj)otism 
that  for  such  slight  and  probably  accidental  omission  the  gallant 
adjutant  of  the  4tli  iid'antry  and  intelligent  judge  advocate  of  a  gen- 
eral court-martial  should  be  put  into  close  confinement,  like  a  felon, 
for  months,  and  denied  all  communication  with  higher  authority? 

I  trust  that  a  court  may  be  refused,  and,  but  for  a[)plication  to  the 
Secretary  for  one.  I  should  instantly  order  Lieutenant  Hodges  to  be 
relieved  from  arrest. 

Respectfidly  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

WINFIELU  SCOTT. 

P.  S. — I  ought  to  add  that  there  have  been  more  arrests  by  Bri- 
gadier General  Harney  and  his  immediate  friends  since  he  has  been 
on  the  Pacific  than  perhaps  ever  occurred  before  in  twice  the  num- 
ber of  troops  in  the  same  time. 

W.  S. 


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lei*  iv  court 
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■  llio  letter 
i»'  name  of 
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despotism 
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W.  S. 


COBRPiSPONDEWCE  WITFI   GENERAL   HARNEY. 


Fort  Vanoouvku,  WAsiirxcTON  Tkrhitouy, 


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Morrh  2;},  1800. 

Siu:  I  have  to  l:iy  before  the  connnaiKKir-in-cliiof  of  tlie  army  the 
following  statement,  on  whii^h  I  ask  his  aetion,  as  I  consider  1  have 
been  treated  with  great  intiignity,  and  have  been  snbjec;ted  to  this 
indignity  for  no  olfenee  whatever. 

On  the  lAth  instant  I  was  arrested   by  the  conunnnding  oflieer  of 
this  })ost,  by  direction  of  the  connnunding  general  of  this  department, 
and  required  to  eonlii'e  myself  witiiin  the  limits  of  this  garrison. 

A  few  d;iys  ago  I,  upon  appliciition,  was  intonricd  of  the  cause  for 
which  1  was  arrested.  A  copy  of  the  letter  giving  me  this  informa- 
tion 1  enclose,  markcM?  A.  1  also  enclose  a  copy  of  my  letter  of  trans- 
mittal, marked  15.  I  will  say,  in  referiMice  to  this  last-mentioned 
coi>y.  that  it  is  i-orrect,  except.  ])erha|)s,  in  one  particular;  1  do  not 
remendxM- now  whether  I  p>it  in  the  words  "  Ifeadiiuarters,  Depart- 
ment of  Oregon,"  after  the  "A.  A.  .\.  O.,"  or  not;  not  that  I  conceive 
that  it  is  at  all  material  whether  1  did  or  no,  !>nt  I  simply  ni.ike  this 
explanation  as  to  the  c.n/r/y/c.w  of  the  copy.  1  kept  no  cupy,  as  at  tlm 
time  I  wrote  the  Iciler  I  never  expected  to  hear  of  it  ag;iin. 

From  the  t-ourse  pursued  towards  nu*  by  the  general  commanding 
this  department  in  this  matter,  I  do  appeal,  and  I  do  deny  that  1 
have,  in  all  this  matter,  ever  given  oni'  cause  for  my  arrest.  Conscioua 
of  having  forwarded  the  proceedings  of  the  court  properly  in  every 
sense  of  the  word,  and  according  to  tlu>  manner  centemplated  by  the, 
regulations;  conscious,  too,  that  there  is  not  a  syllable  in  my  letter  of 
transmittal  which  can  be  construed  into  anytiiiiigat  all  disrespectfid; 
and  feeling  that  i  ha""  been  wronged  and  injured  by  being  arrested 
in  the  manner  I  have,  and  feeling  that  the  comlnct  of  the  goieral 
commanding  this  de|)artinent  towards  me  in  this  matter  is  "tyraiuii- 
Cid  "  iii  th"  sense  and  meaning  of  paragraph  three  of  the  regidationa 
t>f  1857,  for  ih.e  ;irmy,  I  do  make  this  my  ajipeal  to  the  lieutenant 
general  commanding  the  army  with  the  hooe  and  belief  that  he  will 
aee  that  I  am  relieved  from  and  rculressed  for  this,  as  I  conceive, 
injury  done  me  by  the  conunanding  general  of  this  de|)artment. 

It  may  be  ])roper  to  state  that  1  took  the  proceedings  of  the  court 
to  the  oHice  of  the  acting  at'siatant  adjutant  general  in  person;  he  not 
being  in  1  put  them  in  an  envelope,  directed  them,  and  left  them  on 
his  desk.  They  were  soon  after  returned  to  me  to  bo  sejit  with  a 
letter  of  transmittal,  which  1  did. 

I  am,  sir,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

IlKNRY  0.  HODGES, 
First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  ith  Infantry. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  L.  Thomas, 

A.  A.  G.,  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  Neio  York  City,  A\   Y. 


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"A." 

Headquauters  Department  of  Oregojj, 
Fort  Vancouver,  W.  T.,  March  2\,  1860. 

Captain:  The  general  corain.anding  instructs  you  to  inform  Firet 
Lieutenant  H.  C.  Hodges,  adjutant  of  the  4tli  infantry,  he  was  arrested 
for  neglect  of  duty  as  judge  advocate  of  a  general  court-martial,  in 
not  transmitting  properly  the  proceedings  of  the  court  to  the  general 
commanding,  which  conduct  he  rendered  more  aggravated  when  re- 
quired to  correct  this  neglect  by  transmitting  a  disrespectful  letter 
with  the  proceedings  to  these  headquarters. 

I  :.m,  captain,  very  rcspectfullv,  your  obedient  servant, 

A.  PLEASONTON, 
Capiain  2d  Dragoons,  A.  A.  A.  0. 
Commanding  Officer, 

Fort  Vancouver,  W.  T. 


Capt; 
fdjutani 
general 
complai 

Lieut 
jnunicat 
his  limi 
ing  per 


Official; 


Headquarters,  Fort  Vancouver, 

March  21,  1860. 

A.  J.  SMITH, 

Captain  \st  Dragoons,  Commanding. 


I  certify  that  the  above  is  u  true  and  exact  copy  of  the  paper  fur- 
nished mo. 

HENRY  C.  HODGES, 
First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  Ath  Infantry. 


Fort  Vancouver,  W.  T.,  March  15,  1860. 

Sir:  Enclosed  you  will  find  the  proceedings  of  a  general  court- 
martial. 

I  am,  sir,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

HENRY  C.  HODGES, 
First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  ith  Infantry,  Judge  Advocate. 

A.  Pleasonton,  a.  a.  A.  G., 

Fort  Vancouver,   W.  2\ 

It  may  be  that  I  put  in  the  words  "Headquarters  Department  of 
Oregon"  after  A.  A.  A.  G.;  I  don't  remember  about  this.  As  for 
the  rest,  I  certify  this  is  a  correct  copv. 

HENRY  HODGES, 
First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  ith  Infantry. 


H. 


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C0BEE8F0NDENCE  WITH  GENEEAL  HARNEY. 


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Headquarteus  Department  ov  Oregon, 
REGOX,  Fori  Vancouver,   W.  2'.,  March  24,  1860. 

.     '  18^0'  Captain;  The  communication  of  First  Lieutenant  II.  C.  Hodges, 

inform  First   adjutant  4tli  infantry,  of  the  2 let  instant,  lias  been  submitted  to  the 
was  arrested   general  commanding,  who  directs  mo  to  say  your  action  in  the  caae 
rt-martial,  in    complained  of  is  approved. 

o  the  genera]  Lieutenant  Hodges  will  be  instructed  not  to  send  any  further  com- 
munications to  these  headquarters  in  reference  to  the  extension  of 
his  limits  of  arrest,  nor  upon  any  other  subject,  without  first  request- 
ing permission  to  do  so,  and  at  the  same  time  stating  the  nature  of 
the  case  ht  desires  to  refer. 

I  am,  captain,  very  respectfidly,  your  obedient  servant, 

A.  PLEASONTON, 
Captain  2t/  Drngoovs,  A.  A.  A.  0. 
Commanding  Officer, 

Fort  Vayicovver,   fV.  T. 


ted  when  re 
)ectful  letter 

•t, 

TON, 
^.  A.  O. 


uveb, 
21,  1860. 

ITH, 
nmanding. 

le  paper  fur- 

GES, 

I  Infantry. 


15,  1860. 
neral  court- 


}ES, 
Advocate. 


artment  of 
:3.     As  for 

ES, 
nfantry. 


Official: 

R.  MACFEELY, 

First  Lieutenant  4th  hfantry,  Acting  Adjutant. 

I  certify  that  the  above  is  a  correct  copy  of  the  paper  furnished 


mo. 


I 


HENRY  C.  HODGES, 

First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  4th  Infantry. 


Headquarters  Department  of  Oregon, 
Fort  Vancouver,   W.  T.,  March  27,  1860. 

Colonel:  The  general  commanding  instructs  you  to  limit  the  arrest 
of  First  Lieutenant  H.  C.  Hodges,  adjutant  4th  infantry,  to  bis  quar- 
ters, and  no  further  communications   from  that  officer  will   be   for- 
warded to  these  headquarters  while  he  is  in  arrest. 
I  am,  colonel,  verv  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant. 

A.  PLEASONTON, 
Captain  2d  Dragoon:^,  Acting  Assistant  Adjutant  General^ 
Commanding  Officer, 

Fort  Vancouver,   Washington   Territory. 


Official; 


Adjutant's  Office,  Fort  Vancouver,  W.  T. 

R.  MACFEELY, 

First  Lieutenant  4th  Infantry,  Acting  Adjutant. 


I  certify  the  above  is  a  correct  copy  of  the  paper  furnished  me. 

HENRY  C.  HODGES, 
First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  4th  Infardry, 


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I, 


Fort  Vancouver,  W.  T.,  Marc?i  25,  1860. 

Sir:  1  desire  to  know  if  tlio  commanding  general  of  this  depart- 
ment will  forward  to  the  lieutenant  general  commanding  the  army  the 
papers  mentioned  below,  vi/, : 

1st.  An  appeal  from  the  course  of  the  commanding  general  of  the 
department  in  arresting  me. 

2d.  An  appeal  from  the  decision  of  the  commanding  general  of  this 
department  sustaining  the  commanding  ofiicer  of  this  post  in  refusing 
to  fo'-ward  letters  on  "ollicial  business." 

I  am,  sir,  rerv  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

HENRY  C.  HODGES, 
First  Liadenant  and  Aitjuiant  Uh  Infantry. 
Captain  A.  Pleasonton, 

Second  Dragoons,  A.  A.  A.  6?.,  Fort  Vancouver,   W.  T. 


A  correct  copy. 


HENRY  C.  HODGES, 

First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  ilk  Infantry. 


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Adjutant  General's  Office, 
Wasldwjton,  May  18,  18G0. 

General:  Your  letter  of  tlie  4th  ultimo,  transmitting  charges  and 
specifications  against  First  liieutenunt  Henry  C.  Hodges,  adjutant  4tU 
infantry,  is  rc^ceivtd;  also  an  appeal  by  him  to  General  Scott. 

The  Secretary  does  not,  from  the  papers  submitted  by  you,  see  that 
the  lieutenant  has  connnitted  any  otl'ence,  and  therefore  directs  that 
he  be  discharged  from  arrest  until  the  further  order  of  the  depart- 
ment. In  the  meanwhile,  and  to  enable  the  Secretary  to  give  a  final 
order  in  the  mutter,  he  desires  you  to  explain  wherein  there  was  a 
breacli  of  duty  on  the  part  of  the  lieutenant  in  transmitting  the  court- 
martial  record;  2d,  in  what  his  letter  was  disrespectful;  3d,  what 
aggravated  circumatiinccs  (Army  Regulations,  paragraph  213)  made 
it  necessary  to  put  an  ollicer  in  close  confinement  for  so  long  a  period; 
and,  4th,  the  reasons  for  which  you  denied  to  him  tlie  right  of  writing 
to  yon  in  *h(3  ordinary  mode  on  his  olficial  business. 

I  have  tlie  honor  to  be.  general,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient 
servant, 

E.  D.  TOWNSEND, 

Assidant  Adjutant  General... 
Brigadier  General  W.  S.  Hauney, 

U.  S.  Ann  If,  ihmiaandiinj  Depart  rntnt  of  Oretjon, 

Fort  Varnouvtr,  Washimjton  Territory. 


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COBBESPONDBNCE  WITH  GENERAL  HABNEY. 


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25,  I860, 
this  depart- 
the  army  the 

3neral  of  the 

^neral  of  this 
H  in  refusing 


Infantry. 

r.  T. 

GES, 
Infantry. 


Office, 
18,  18G0. 

charges  anj 
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.^ott. 

■on,  see  that 
directs  tliat 
ho  depart- 
g'lvo  a  final 
licre  was  a 
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END, 

CfcneraL 


Fort  Vancouver,  W.  T.,  April  18,  1860. 
Sir:  I  have  to  inform  the  lieutenant  general  commanding  the  army 
that  I  have  been  in  dose  arrvd  three  weeks  and  one  day,  and  that  I 
believe  General  William  S.  Harney,  the  commanding  general  of  this 
department,  will  not  extend  my  limits  unless  he  is  positively  ordered 
to  do  so,  as  he  has  forbiUden  me  to  communicate  with  him  on  any 
subject  whatever;  and  I  do  therefore  respectfully  request  that  Gen- 
eral Scott  will  see  that  I  am  allowed  to  go  beyond  my  present  confined 
limits,  which  are  oppressive  and  contrary  to  regulations,  custom,  and 
humanity. 

I  am,  sir,  very  respectfullv,  your  obedient  servant, 

HENRY  C.  HODGES, 
First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant  ith  Infantry. 
Lieutenant  Colonel  L.  Thomas, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General, 

Meadcjuarters  of  the  Army,  New  York  City,  Neio  York. 

Indorsement  of  the  General-in-Chief. 

I  am  aware  that  Lieutenant  Hodges  has  been  released  from  arrest, 
and  it  is  hoped  some  redress  may  be  accorded  to  him  for  an  act  of 
stupid  outrage  which  has  never  been  surj)asscd  even  in  the  Turkish 
army. 

Respectfullv  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

WINFIELD  SCOTT. 


Headquarters  Department  of  Oregon, 
Fort  Vancouver,   Washington  Territory,  April  11,  1860. 

Sir:  I  have  the  honor  to  enclose,  for  tlie  information  of  the  general- 
in-chief,  a  copy  of  a  communication  from  Captain  L.  C.  Hunt,  fourth 
infantry,  commanding  on  San  Juan  island,  forwarding  a  copy  of  the 
orders  of  Rear  Admiral  Baynes,  commanding  her  Britannic  Majesty's 
naval  forces  in  the  Pacific,  to  the  oilicer  commanding  a  detachment  of 
royal  marines  landed  on  San  Juan  by  the  orders  of  the  admiral. 

I  have  the  honor,  also,  to  enclose  a  copy  of  a  communication  from 
certain  citizens  on  San  Juan,  complaining  of  Captain  Hunt's  conduct 
towards  them.  The  captain  has  not  reported  his  acts  to  this  office, 
and  the  fact  of  his  being  inimical  to  a  portion  of  the  inhabitants  of  the 
island,  under  present  circumstances,  has  decided  me  to  replace  Cap- 
tain T^ifrkett's  compau)'  uprin  the  island,  with  such  instructions  as  are 
necessary  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  service,  a  copy  of  which  is 
also  enclosed. 

In  consequence  of  the  expense  attending  the  maintenance  of  the 
position  at  Fort  Townsend,  and  its  want  of  usefulness  in  a  military 


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CORRESPONDENCE  WITH   GENERAL  HARNEY. 


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point,  I  have  directed  the  company  there  to  bo  withdrawn  to  Fort     Jral  "'" 

Steihtcoom.  by  taj) 

I  am,  sir,  very  respectfully,  your  obedient  sprvant,  ^   ^  "'"' 

W.  S.  HARNEY,  i| 

Briqadier  General,   Commanding. 
«,      .  .  r«  *  Capt; 

The  Assistant  Adjutant  Geneual,  ,  ■ 

Headquarters  of  the  Army,  New  York  City. 


11 


Camp  Pickett,  San  Juan  Island, 

March  27,  1860. 

Sir:  I  have  the  honor  to  state,  for  the  information  of  the  commanding 
general  of  the  department,  that  a  detachment  of  British  marines  haa 
been  landed  upon  the  north  end  of  the  island,  conformably  to  the 
proposition  of  Lieutenant  General  Scott,  for  establiahing  a  joint  mili- 
tary occupation. 

From  tiie  tenor  of  my  instructions  and  the  papers  furnished  for  my 
guidance,  I  consider  it  my  duty  simply  to  announce  the  fact,  and 
await  the  orders  of  the  commanding  general  of  the  department  upon 
the  subject. 

I  enclose  herewith  a  copy  of  the  communication  of  Roar  Admiral 
Baynes,  accompanied  by  an  extract  from  the  orders  furnished  by 
Captain  Bazalgette,  commanding  the  detachment.  I  beg  to  call  the 
attention  of  the  conunandiiig  general  to  the  fact  that  while  the  British 
commanding  oflicer  has  full  power,  plain  and  definite  instructions  by 
which  my  complaints  to  him  of  British  subjects  would  be  promptly 
acted  u|)on,  1  am  without  such  instructions  as  regards  his  complaints, 
(and  liquor  dealing  will  be  very  certain  to  produce  them.)  General 
Scott's  instructions  to  me  seem  to  acknowledge  (to  a  certain  extent) 
territorial  jurisdiction,  but  in  all  probability  there  will  bo  no  magis- 
trate upon  the  island,  (the  present  magistrate,  Mr.  Newsom,  has  just 
resigned,)  and  even  if  there  should  be,  juries  will  find  verdicts  for  the 
oifenders,  implying  indepencence  of  Whatcom  county  jurisdiction. 
This  has  been  shown  lately  in  the  cases  of  two  persons  tried  for  liquor 
dealinfi,  unlicensed.  The  fact  is  that  a  great  many  of  the  persons 
upon  the  island  are  vagabonds,  of  no  particular  nationality,  or  of  any, 
as  it  may  suit  their  purpose,  and  it  seems  a  great  scandal  that  no 
power,  civil  or  military,   should  be  operative  to  keep  them  in  order. 

It  certainly  seems  tliat  Whatcom  county  jurisdiction  should  apply 
fully  (to  American  citizens)  or  else  that  which  I  am  quite  sure  the  bona 
fide  settlers  and  well-disposed  citizens  would  prefer,  military  au- 
thority, so  long  as  the  present  anomalous  condition  of  affairs  shall 
exif-t. 

Under  all  these  circumstances  of  the  case,  and  as  the  best  solution 
of  future  difficulties,  I  respectfully  request  that  the  commanding  gon- 


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awn  to  Port     •'"'^^  would  funiisli  mo  with  inatructionfl  lumluf^ous  to  tlioso  posscaaed 
by  Captain  15a/,algotto. 

I  am,  sir,  very  respcctiully,  your  obedient  servant, 


t, 
VEY, 

nmandiiuj. 


L.  C.  HUNT, 

Captain  ilh  Li/antry,  Commanding. 
Captain  Alfukd  Pleasanton, 

2d  Dniijoons,  A.  A.  A.  General,  Fort  Vancouver,   W.  T. 


Island, 
27,  1860. 

ommandiiig 
marines  haa 
lably  to  the 
a  joint  mili- 

ahed  for  my 
10  fact,  and 
tment  upon 

)ar  Admiral 
irnished   by 
?  to  call  the 
3  the  British 
tructions  by 
•0  promptly 
complaints, 
.)     General 
;ain  extent) 
0  no  magis- 
)m,  has  just 
lifts  for  the 
urisdiction. 
id  for  liquor 
the  persons 
,  or  of  any, 
lal  that  no 
m  in  order, 
ould  apply 
iro  the  bono, 
lilitary  au- 
ffairs  shall 

jst  solution 
nding  gen- 


ITeii  Britannic  Majesty's  Ship  "Ganoes," 

In  EHquimanU  ILirhor,  March  20,  18G0. 

Sin :  I  have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  a  detachment  of  royal 
■narinos,  with  their  approj)riate  army,  equivalent  in  number  to  the 
troo[)s  of  the  United  States  under  your  command,  will  be  disembarked 
on  the  north  joint  of  the  Island  of  San  Juan  for  the  |)urpo8e  of  es- 
tablishing a  joint  military  occupation,  agreeably  to  the  proposition 
of  Lieutenant  General  Scott. 

The  annexed  extract  from  tlie  orders  I  have  given  to  Ca[)tain  Bazal- 
gette,  the  ollicer  commanding,  I  beg  to  furnisli  for  your  information. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 
I  R.  LAMBERT  BAYNES, 

I  Rear  Admiral  and  Commander-in-Chief  of  Her  Britannic 

I  Majesty's  Naval  Forces  in  the  Padfic. 

Captain  Hunt, 

Commanding  United  States  troops,  San  J>ian  Island. 


[Extract.] 


"The  object  of  placing  you  there,  is  for  the  protection  of  British 
interests  and  to  form  a  joint  military  occupation  with  the  troops  of 
the  United  States. 

"As  the  sovereignty  of  the  island  is  still  in  disptite  between  the 
two  governments,  you  will  on  no  account  interfere  with  the  citizens 
of  the  United  State;  but  should  any  ofTenco  bo  ccmnnitted  by  such 
citizens,  which  you  may  think  it  advisable  to  notice,  yon  will  send  a 
report  of  it  to  (^tptain  Hunt,  or  oflicer  commanding  the  United  States 
troops. 

"American  citizens  have  equal  rights  with  British  subjects  on  the 
island. 

"Should  the  officer  commanding  he  United  States  troops  bring  to 
your  notice  offences  committed  by  any  of  her  Britannic  Majesty's  sub- 
jects, you  will  use  your  best  judgment  in  dealing  with  the  case;  and 
I  authorize  you,  if  you  deem  it  necessary,  to  send  them  off  the  island 
by  the  first  opportunity. 

"  If  any  doubts  arise  as  to  the  nationality  of  an  offender,  you  will 
not  act  in  the  case  before  you  have  consulted  with  the  United  States 
commanding  ofticer;  and  not  even  then,  unless  your  opinions  coitcide. 

H.  Ex.  Doc.  98 2 


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CORRESPONDENCE   WITH    GENERAL   TIARNEY. 


"You  will  place  yourself  in  frank  tmd  free  commuuicivtion  with  the 
cominiiiiding  oflit-erof  the  United  States  troops,  bouriii^^  in  mind  how 
essential  it  is  for  the  public  service  that  the  most  perfect  and  cordin, 
understanding  should  exist  between  yo;i,  which  1  have  every  reasoi, 
to  feel  assured  you  will  at  all  times  tin.'  Captain  Hunt  ready  ain! 
anxious  to  maintain 

"ROr>KllT  LAMHERT  BAYNES. 
"■Bear  Admiral  and  Cuuiiiiaiukr-in-Chie/', 
"Captain  GEoiKiK  1>a/^ai,gktte, 

"  Jioyal  Marines,  Cominandiiuj 

"  Detachment  on  the  Inland  of  San  ,fuan." 


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San  Jdan  Island,  March  7,  18G0. 

General:  We,  the  undersigned  citizens  of  this  island,  beg  respect- 
fully to  call  your  attention  to  the  gross  and  ungentlenianly  conduct  of 
Captain  Iliint,  the  ollicer  in  couunaml  of  tiiis  station.  We  ask  if  la 
Is  justified  as  a  military  man  to  infringe  on  the  rights  and  privilege? 
of  American  citizens?  Is  he  juj-tified  in  sl,o[)ping  trade,  and  endeavor- 
ing to  drive  the  inhabitants  from  the  island?  Such  conduct  ho  i.-. 
guilty  of,  and,  unless  immediate  steps  are  taken  to  prevent  atiy  furtho: 
outrage  on  his  part,  not  only  the  service  to  wliich  he  belongs,  but  tin. 
dignity  of  the  country,  who  boasts  her  liberty  of  the  subject,  will  be 
compromised.  By  his  recent  condu(;t  the  whoh;  of  the  inhabitants  ni 
this  island  have  been  insulted,  their  i)rovision  as  tradesmen  and  citi- 
zens lowered,  and  he  himself  become  an  object  of  contempt.  We, 
therefore,  vespectfnlly  ask  your  attention  to  this  aj)peal,  and  trus-:', 
that  either  a  more  sane  and  proper  ollicer  may  replace  the  one  now  in 
command,  or  steps  may  be  taken  to  prevent  utiy  further  in([uisitoriaI 
and  unjust  interference  on  his  part. 

With  profound  respect,  we  beg  to  subscribe  ourselves,  general, 
your  most  obedient  servants, 

I).  W.  DARLING. 

J.  S.  BOWKElt. 

B.  M.  KKN NELLY. 

N.  BAKER. 

FRANK  CHANDLER. 

DENNIS  McCarthy. 

GEORGE  BORDEW. 
JOHN  SMYTH. 
JAMES  FRAZER. 


it. 
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Headquarters  Department  op  Orecon, 

Fort  Vancouver,   IF.  T.,  April  10,  18G0. 

Captain:  You  will  perceive  byppecial  orders  No.  41,  of  this  date, 
u  copy  of  which  is  enclosed,  that  the  general  commanding  has  replaced 
you  in  command  of  your  company  on  Saud  Juan  island. 


i' 


'3.«. 


r. 

ition  with  the 
:;  ill  iniiul  how 

t  and  coriliii. 

every  roiisoii 
lit  ready  aiul 

AYNES. 

r -ill- Chief. 


CORRESPONDENCE   WITH   GENERAL   HARNEY. 


19 


ch  7,  18G0. 

»ef5  respect- 
ily  eoiuhiet  of 
We  ask  if  hi 
ml  privilege? 
111(1  endeavor- 
•uiiduct  he  i: 
iit  any  rurther 
longs,  but  tilt, 
bjeet,  will  be 
inhabitants  ot 
men  and  citi- 
tempt.  We, 
Gal,  and  trus; 
ho  one  now  in 
r  iiKiuisitorial 

Ives,  general, 

LTXG. 

El{. 

SHELLY. 

ANDLER. 

CAllTIIY. 

[)RDEW. 

TIL 

VZKR. 


:E(JON, 

il  10,  1800. 

of  this  date, 
;  has  replaced 


For  your  information  in  this  position,  you  will  receive,  as  accom- 
panying papers,  the  correspoiKlence  and  instructions  of  Lieutenant 
General  Seott,  with  refereneo  to  San  Juan  island,  with  an  extract 
from  the  orders  of  Rear  Admiral  Baynes  commanding  her  Britannic 
Majesty's  naval  forces  in  the  Pacific,  to  Captain  George  Bazalgette,  of 
the  royal  marines,  commanding  a  detachnient  of  royal  marines,  landed 
on  Sin  Juan  island  by  the  consent  of  General  Scott. 

These  orders  of  Admiral  Baynes  communicate  to  his  officer  that  he 
is  placed  on  tlu^  island  I'or  the  protecti(Mi  of  British  interests,  and  to 
form  a  joint  military  occupation  with  the  troops  of  the  United  States. 

To  meet  these  orders  of  the  admiral  and  to  remove  any  misconcep- 
tion on  the  part  of  the  British  authorities  as  to  your  duties,  I  am 
directed  to  iun)art  to  you  the  following  explanations  and  requirements 
of  the  general  commanding,  a  copy  of  which  you  will  furnish  Captain 
Bazalgotte  for  the  information  of  Rear  Admiral  Baynes. 

First.  Lieutenant  General  .Scott  has  left  no  orders  or  instructions 
with  the  general  commanding  to  grant  a  joint  military  occupation  of 
San  Juan  island  with  British  troo,)s;  neither  has  any  authority  been 
dclegatiMl  by  the  government  of  the  United  States  to  the  general  to 
otVer  or  acce[)t  such  occupation  of  that  island.  The  olVer  made  by 
General  Scott,  when  in  command  here,  was  not  accepted  by  Governor 
Do.iglass  at  the  time,  and  consequently  concluded  that  transaction. 

N)  arrangement  has  been  made  since  to  renew  it,  within  the 
knowledge  of  the  general  conimaiuling. 

Second.  The  British  authorities  having  submitted  the  assurance  to 
General  Scott  that  no  attem[)t  would  be  made  by  them  to  dislodge 
by  force  the  United  States  troops  on  San  Juan  island,  they  were  per- 
mitti'd  to  land  troops  for  similar  purposes  to  which  your  command 
was  ilesigiied  in  the  original  orders  conveyed  to  you  in  July  last,  viz: 
the  protection  of  our  citizens  from  Indians,  both  native  and  foreign. 

In  coniioxion  with  this  service,  the  general  commanding  takes  occa- 
sion to  i)resent  you  to  Admiral  Baynes  and  the  officers  with  whom 
you  will  be  brought  in  contact,  as  an  officer  possessing  his  highest 
coniidence,  that  nothing  will  be  omitted  in  maintaining  a  frank  and 
generous  intercourse  in  all  matters  coming  within  your  powers  to 
establish  a  practical  solution  of  the  present  misunderstanding,  which 
shall  prove  honorable  and  satisfactory  to  all  parties  until  a  linal  set* 
tlemeiit  is  attiiined  by  the  governments. 

Third.  Under  the  organic  act  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States' 
for  the  establishment  of  the  territorial  government  of  Washington,  tlio 
first  legislative  assembly  in  1854  passed  an  act  including  the  island  of 
San  Juan  as  a  part  of  Whatcom  county.  This  act  was  duly  submitted 
to  Congress,  and  has  not  been  disapproved;  it  is  therefore  the  law 
of  the  land. 

You  Avill  be  obliged  consequently  to  acknowledge  and  respect  the 

civil  jurisdiction  of  Washington  Territory  in  the  discharge  of  your 

duties  on  San  Juan;  and  the  general  commanding  is  satisfied  that  any 

Jattempt  of  the  British  commander  to  ignore  this  right  of  the  Territory 

dll  be  followed  by  deplorable  results,  out  of  his  power  to  prevent  or 

to  control. 


20 


CORBESPONDENCE    WITIT   QKNERAL    ITARNEY. 


f' 


Pm 


Tlio  gononil  commaiulinp:  will  iiitbnn  tlio  ;,n)vorii(>r  ol'  Wiisliinf;t()i. 
Territory  tiiat  you  iin>  dircettMl  to  coininuiiii'Mto  with  tlio  civil  ojlit-tir 
on  tlio  isliiiid  in  llio  invostijjfidon  of  mII  ciiscs  roqtiiriiij;  liis  nttriition 
In  tlio  ovont  ol'  any  Uritisli  iiitcnsts  boin;;-  involved,  you  will  notil) 
th(j  ollicor  placed  there  l>y  Admiral  IJaynes,  to  onalde  liini  to  jiropiLsi 
some  arran;?enienl  satisfactory  tn  his  instruclii)ns  as  widl  as  tlinsi;  o\ 
the  civil  olliccr.  Let  it  he  understood,  in  case  of  disaj;rcement  di 
these  parties,  that  no  action  is  to  be  taken  nntil  the  case  has  heiM 
referred  to  Adnn'ral  Buynes  and  the  governor  of  Washington  'J'erritory 
respectively. 

These  suggestions  will  be  acceptable  to  the  conditions  which  govern 
the  territorial  authorities  of  Washingtim,  while  satislying  the  obligu 
tions  of  the  military  service  to  their  own  as  well  as  the  civil  laws  oi 
the  country,  and  it  is  fair  to  presume  they  will  be  adopted  i)y  Admiral 
Baylies,  since  the  tenor  of  his  instructions  to  Caj)tiiin  Ba/algotto  n 
sutHciently  liberal  to  justify  this  conclusion. 

I  remain,  captain,  verv  resj)ectfullv,  vour  obedient  servant, 

A.   I'LEASANTON, 
C'npfain  'Id  Drmjoom,  A.  A.  Adjutant  Gemrol. 

Captain  Georc.k  A.  I'kkktt, 

Comtnamliiig  Comj^anij  "7),"  ^Ih  Infantry, 

Fnvt  Brllbujhw},  ruijvffi  Sound,   IV.  T. 


^ 


[Special  Orders — No.  41.] 
TltO.M^QUAUTKRS  DePAUT.MKNT  OF  OrEOON, 

Fort  Vanrnnirr,  fV.  T.,  April  10,  1860. 

I.  The  following  ilisposition  of  troops  on  Pugct's  Sound  will  tako 
effect  without  delay,  viz: 

1.  Company  "'D,"  Dth  inlantry.  (^iptain  George  Pickett,  will  replaci' 
Company  "  C,"  4th  infantry,  at  Camp  Pickett,  San  Juan  island. 

2.  Company  "C,"'  4th  infantry,  on  being  relieved,  will  proceed  tr 
Fort  Steilacoom,  to  which  post  it  is  assigned  for  duty. 

.3.    Company  I,  4th  infantry,  at  Fort  Townseiid,  will  be  witlidrawi 
to  P^ort  Stcilacoom. 

II.   The  steamer  •■MaHsacluisetts"'  will  be  used  in  the  execution  nt 
these  orders,  under  such  special  instructions  as  will  be  given. 
By  order  of  General  Ifaniev: 

A.  PLEASANTON, 
Captain  'Id  Draijoonx,  A.  A.  Adjutant  General. 


HEADQUAltTERS  DEPARTMENT  OF  OREGON, 

Fort  Vancouver,   W.  T.    April  10,  18G0. 
Govbrnob:  I  have  the  honor  to  enclose  an  extract  of  the  t.rdera  ol 
Rear  Admiral  Baynes,  commanding   her  Britannic  Majesty's  naval 


CORRESPOSUKXCi:  WITH  GKNKRAL  HARNEY. 


21 


Wiinliin>;'toi, 
civil  nnic(!r 
Ills  iittciitioii. 
•  II  will  iiotil'v 
in  to  propose 
I  art  tiiosi;  o| 
i;j,ToeiiK'iit  (ii 
•:is(>  liiis  lit'i'i 
:oii  Torritot), 

wliicli  p;ovcn! 

'j;  tho  oblijjju- 

civil  laws  ul 

!(l  h_v  Admiral 

Ba/algotto  U 

rvant. 

s^TON, 

ml  General. 


>REfiON, 

ivV  10,  18G0. 
)und  will  tal<t 

tt,  will  roplari' 
Ul  island, 
^ill  proceed  ti 

1)0  witlidrawi: 

0  pxccuti(ui  lit 
given. 

NTON, 

ant  General. 


)rkgon, 

•il  10,  18G0. 

i  the  i.rders  of 
ajesty's  naval 


forces  (111  till'  Pacific,  to  tlio  ollicer  in  (^oniniand  of  a  (iotdcliiiuMit  of 
royal  iiinriius,  landed  on  San  . I  nan  islan<l ;  also  a  cii[)y  (»!' my  orders 
replaciii;;'  Captain  i'ickclt's  company  on  San  Juan,  with  his  instruc- 
tioiN  in  that  position. 

Tlicsc  piipiTs  w  II  explain  to  yon  the  state  of  affairs  ut  San  .Iiian, 
and  I  lic<;-  leave  to  say,  1  have  the  fullest  assurunces  that  your  action 
in  the  premises  will  bi'  of  the  most  satisfactory  character  in  sujiport 
of  the  ditVereiit  interests  depeiidiii,!;'  upon  it. 

I  am,  j^ovenior.  very  respectfullv,  vour  oliedieiit  servant, 

W.  S.  IIARXEY, 
lirijadier  General  Commandhuj. 
U\H  Excellency  U.  1).  (Jholson, 

GoiHriior  of  WaHldnijton  Territory,  Ohjnipia,   W.  T. 

i 


% 


Remarks  of  the  Gencral-in-Chuf. 


The.^e  pajKTS  are  important: 

1.  Brigadier  General  Harney  has  substituted  Captain  Pickett  for 
Captain  Hunt  in  the  command  at  the  San  Juan  island — reversinj^  my 
act.  My  reason  for  sulistituting  Hunt  for  Pickett  was  this:  Pickett, 
on  landing  on  the  island,  in  July,  1859,  under  the  orders  of  Harney, 
issued  a  i»rocIaination  declaring  the  island  to  belong  to  the  United 
States,  and  containing  (I  speak  from  memory)  other  points  or  lan- 
guage extremely  offensive  (as  I  learned)  to  the  British  authorities; 
and,  as  my  mission  was  one  of  peace,  I  thought  it  my  duty  to  substi- 
tute Hunt  for  Pickett  after  I  had  named  Pickett  for  tho  command. 
Hunt  (as  our  ofhcers  informed  me)  was  remarkable  for  firmness,  dis- 
cretion, and  courtesy.  (The  Secretary  of  State  can,  probably,  con- 
firm this  character  of  Hunt.) 

2.  It  will  be  seen  by  Brigadier  General  Harney's  instructions  to 
Pickett,  of  the  last  month  (herewith,)  that  Harney  considers  San 
Juan  island  a.s  a  j!XO'<  of  Wash'iMjton  Territory,  and  Pickett  is  directed 
"to  acknowledge  and  respect"  the  authority  of  that  Territory.  If 
this  does  not  lead  to  a  collision  of  arms,  it  will  again  bo  duo  to  the 
forbearance  of  the  British  authorities;  for  I  found  both  Brigadier  Gen- 
eral Harney  and  Captain  Pickett  proud  of  their  conquest  of  the  island, 
and  quite  jealous  of  any  interference  therewith  on  the  part  of  higher 
authority.  I  beg  it  may  further  be  remembered  that  I  intimated  a 
doubt  to  the  War  Department  whether  Brigadier  General  Harney 
would  carry  out  my  pacific  arrangement,  respecting  tho  occupation  of 
tlio  island,  with  good  faith,  or  even  with  courtesy,  and  hence  one  of 
my  reasons  for  wishing  to  relieve  him  from  his  command. 

Respectfullv  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

WINFIELD  SCOTT. 
May  14,  1860. 


t-'-^- 


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22 


CORRESPOSPKNCK   WITH   OKNKUAL    HARNEY. 


I: 


Wau  Dki'artmknt,  Jiivr  S,  iHfiO. 

The  iidjutiiDt  poncriil  will  onlor  JJrij^adicr  Oi'inM'iil  Ilanio.v  tu  re 
pair  to  Wahliiiiuton  oitv  without  (K'liiy. 
'  JOHN  15.  FLOYD, 

Sccretnru  i>/'  U'dr. 


'-;• 


ISpeciiilOideri*— No.  115.] 

■\V.\U  DKrARTMRNT. 

Ailjniant  (lemraVs  (i)(ff(C,    1f'(tsl,i)itft(m,  Juw  8,  ISC.O. 

IJrigadior  General  William  S.  Ilarnoy,  United  Stiites  nrniy,  will,  on 
tlie  receipt  liereof,  turn  over  the  eoniniand  of  the  de]»artnient  of  On' 
gon  to  the  otlieer  next  in  rank  in  that  department,  and  repair  witliont 
delay  to  Washington  citv,  and   report  in   person   to  the  Seeretary  of 
War. 

IJv  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War: 

S.  000 PER, 
Ai/Julout  General. 


4 


t 


'vl 


Camp  Pickrtt,  I^an  Juan  Isi.and, 

April  24,  18(50. 

My  Dear  Siu:  I  drop  a  line  in  hopes  tliat  it  may  go  by  the  mail 
steamer,  now  in  the  Sound,  to  mention  the  receipt  of  orchn's  from 
department  headquarters  hresiking  up  Fort  Townsend  and  Fort  JJel- 
liriiiham,  and  sending  Ca])taiu  Picket t  to  replace  me,  who  will  retnrn 
to  Fort  Stcilacoom.  No  cause  is  assigned  for  this  disturbance  of  tln' 
arrangements  made  by  the  general-in-chief,  Jind  as  the  department 
order  comes  simultaneonsly  with  the  arrival  of  the  War  I>epart- 
ment  order  abandoning  Fort  Bellingham,  1  presume  the  movement 
has  been  intended  for  a  long  time  ])ast,  and  tiie  War  Department 
order  procured  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  it  out. 

In  tlie  anomalous  situation  of  the  island,  with  the  jurisdiction  unde- 
termined, and  my  orders  general  in  their  character,  my  connnand  has 
been  a  delicate  and  diflicult  one.  and  it  has  been,  in  general,  my  aim 
to  avoid  any  pretext  for  fault-finding  to  those  who  I  knew  were 
eagerly  seeking  it.  I  have  not  been  altogether  successful,  as  will  b(^ 
seen  by  the  correspondence  enclosed,  which  I  forward  as  giving  a 
history,  as  it  were,  of  matters  upon  the  island,  and  as  showing  tho 
animus  of  department  headquarters  towards  me,  I  have  no  doubt, 
however,  that  the  replacing  of  Captain  Pickett's  company  upon  tho 
island  is  quite  independent  of  complaints  of  me,  that  it  has  long  been 
contemplated. 


ri- 


•5»'* 


CORRKSPONDl'.NCR    WITH   GENERAL   IIARNET. 


23 


ir  8,  IMOO. 
iiriiov  tu  re 

'LOYD, 

>j  of  War. 


vr  8.   l^nO. 
iiiny,  will,  nil 

Illt'llt  ()}'  Ore 

■pair  without 
SccH'tiiry  of 


Tlii»  order  cnmoH  ntii  inoHt  iticonvoiiiiMil  tiin<!;  f^iirdoiiH  jint  pliuitod; 
wliilt)  I'diir  t'(iiiip:iiiii'rt  iir(<  srtit  to  II  [)o.st,  liiiviii;^  (icc(»iiiin()diiti()iiH  for 
throo  only,  and  rxccdliMit  (jimrtdrH  left  vacant  at  K(»rt  Townsoiid, 
1  remain,  Hir,  vory  rc.Hpocti'nIlv,  your  obudiont  Hi-rvant, 

L.  C.   HUNT. 
Cnpfiihi  Fourth  fti/nntry,  Comviantlmj. 
Major  E.  D.  Kkyks, 

MiUhiry  Serrelary. 

*  Indorspmnd  of  (In'  (Jvveruhin-Chirf. 

I  deem  it  my  iluty,  in  dcfcnco  of  a  j^allmt  and  cxccllont  ofticor, 
(Captain  Hunt.)  must  unjustly  accused  hy  l>ri;j;adii'r  rit-nend  Harnoy, 
to  make  this  letter  und  its  five  eiiclosuren  pid)lie.  It  will  bo  Heen  that 
Captain  Hunt's  det'enct'  is  most  triumphant. 

Ilespeetlullv  sulimittod  to  the  Seeretarv  of  War. 

WIN  FIELD  SCOTT. 

June  14.  IHGO. 


JO  PER, 

nt  General. 


•41-ANl), 

I  24,  18(>(). 

1  l)y  tho  mail 
ordiM's  from 
md  Fort  ]Jel- 
lo  will  return 
•liar.ee  of  the 
e  do[)artinoiit 
War  Depart- 
le  movonioiit 
Dei)artnioiit 

diction  undo- 
command  has 
oral,  my  aim 
\  know  were 
ul,  a.s  will  be 
I  as  giving  n 
showing  tho 
ve  no  doubt, 
my  upon  tho 
las  long  been 


IlEAnguARTioiiM  Dki'autmicnt  op  Oreoon, 

Fori  r>n>ronr,r,  W.  7'.,  March  21,  18C0. 

CaI'Taix:  Tho  (Mielosed  copy  of  a  eommunieatit)!!  from  eitizeuH  of 
San  iluan  island  to  tho  i;(Mier.'d  eommanding  is  transmitted  for 
your  information,  and  I  am  instnnled  to  say  you  will  report  without 
delay  to  these  headquarters  whatever  action  you  have  taken  against 
the  citizens  of  San  Juan  island. 

You  are  directed  by  the  .general  commantllng  not  to  interfere  with 
the  trade  of  our  citizens  in  any  way,  e.\cept  the  one  ])rohibition  of 
selling  rK]uor  to  Indians,  nor  will  you  throw  any  impediment  in  tho 
way  of  persons  coming  to  or  leaving  the  island. 

You  will  make  a  full  and  complete  report  to  tlieso  headquarters  of 
all  your  actions  alVecting  citizens  up  to  this  time,  and  hereafter  you 
will  tak(>  no  steps  regarding  them  witlio\it  reporting  the  same  imme- 
diately to  this  olVice. 

I  am,  captain,  verv  respectfully,  vour  obedient  servant, 
*  'a.  PLEASON'l'ON, 

I  Captain  Second  Dragoons,  A.  A.  A.  General. 

Captain  L.  C.  Hunt, 

Fourth  Infantry,  lommandlnij  Cnwp  Piekefty 

San  Juan  Mand,   Wmhington  Territory. 


San  Juan  Island, 

March  7,  1860. 

General:  Wo,  the  undersigned,  citizens  of  this  island,  beg  respect- 
fully to  call  your  attention  to  the  gross  and  ungentlemanly  conduct  of 
Captain  Hunt,  the  officer  in  command  of  this  station.     We  ask  if  he 


!*»•        ,t#.     %'am  *  -  ■*■' 


.'tiibi 


ill 


ass^BBsn 


I'.. 

*-4 


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CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  GENERAL  HARNEY. 


il 


,V\ 


t         ^1 . 


,,!t 
•I 


'■'♦ 

n    . 


is  justiliod  iia  jv  niilitiry  man  to  iiifrin;;o  on  tlio  rijiihts  und  I'l'ivilcp  jjj^^i^  (jjg 
of  Ainericiiii  citi/.oiis?  L<  lii' jiistiliotj  in  stoi)ping  (nulo,  uiul  ^''nk'iiv  j|j^^]_ 
oriuij;  to  diivo  tlio  inliabitaiits  riiuii  the  island?  SiK'li  conduct  ho  i,  ^v^or  th 
guilty  of;  ami,  unless  immcdiato  stops  arc  taken  to  i)rovont  any  fur  ^^  j^jH^ 
thcr  outrage  on  his  part,  not  only  the  service  io  which  hi'  l';'>ni:s  choose  t( 
but  the  dignity  of  the  cituntry  who  boasts  her  liherly  of  the  f^'ihjii  i„_.,j  ,„ 
will  bo  c(  nif)roniise(l.  I>y  his  recent  conduct  the  wholo  of  tho  inhal  i„^  „m,, 
itiints  of  this  island  have  been  insulted;  their  position  as  tradesuio;  gattlt>is. 
and  citizens  lowered;  and  he  himself  become  an  object  of  ^'i^idenipt  ppjjji,,,,;^ 
We,  therotbre,  respectfully  ask  your  attention  to  this  appeal,  ain  fhev  ar 
trust  that  eitlu'r  a  more  sano  and  propter  oHicer  may  replace  the  on,  ^orj,  .(H 
now  in  <"onunand,  or  stops  maybe  taken  to  prevent  any  further  in<iui  until  th 
sitorial  and  unjust  interference  on  his  part.  railitarv 

With  profound  respect,  we   bejr   to   subscribe  ourselves,  genend      j   ,„J(] 
your  obedient  servants, 

D.  W,   DAKLINCJ. 

J.  S.   KOWKER. 

R.  II.   KENNELLY. 

N.  1?AKER. 

MILBREY  DAY. 

FRAx\K  CHANDLER. 

DENNIS  McCarthy 

GEORUE  RORDEW. 
JOHN  SMYTH. 
JAMES  FRAZER. 

Tho  foregoing  was  written  by  a  young  Englishman  from  Yictoria,  l^^s  part 
whose  knowledge  of  drugs  induceil  me  to  place  him  in  the  hospital,  B"tish 
with  the  view  of  oidisting  him,  perhaps,  as  hospital  steward.     He 
proved  tritling  and  tricky,  and  was  sent  otV. 

L.   C.  HUNT,  Captain,  d-c. 


opinion 
I  found 
In  the  a 
various, 
obliged 
judgmei 
At  th 
trate,  t(i 
shantic!- 
order  oi 
bra<'o  ai 


the  pri 

which 

penalty 

cloth  in 

liquor  ( 

kept  SI 

mitted 

traflic, 

which 

again 


Cami'  I'ickett,  San  Juan  Island, 

Manh  JiO,  1860. 

Captain:  I  have  tlie  honor  to  acknowledge   tho  receipt  of  your 

communication  of  the  21st  instant,  onclosiiiir  another  which  purports  ^at  th 

to  come  from  citizens  of  San  Juan  island  complaining  of  my  conduct  prefen 

as  commanding  otlicor  on  the  island.  the  she 

I   regret  being  obliged    to  notice,    in   any   manner,    a   statement  suit  ag 

couched  in  such  language,  and  conveying  charges  so  incredible.     It  tried,  ; 

18  unnecessary,  I  am  sure,  for  me  to  dv>ny  that  I  have  interfered  with  Jew,  w 

''trade"  or  "tradesmen"  beyond  the  fi>ct  of  taking  action  In  Mialj  repeatc 

?.,.  .'^  *i'^'^''''"^  *'^  ^'"'  '^"'"'  i=^hind  against  a  number  of  transient  persons,  ample 

illicit  liquor  dealers,  who  had  been  com|)lainod  of  in  the  strongest  It  so  1 

terras  by  the  real  settlers,  who  lived  by  dciiling  poison  to  my  men,  the   Jt 

and  who  all,  without  exception,  I  believe,  have  no  other  stake  upon  reniovi 

the  island  than  that  arising  from  their  ill-gotten  gains.     I  recognize  Ipresi 

the  uumos  of  three  individuals  (aud  their  creatures)  who  arc  indig-  from 


.••* 


i 


lY. 


COBRESFONDElfCE  WITH  OENEUAL  HARNEY. 


25 


iind  ])rivilof:(. 
o,  iiiul  oiuk'iiv 

luiuluct  ho  i, 
went  iiny  l"iii- 
h  lie  I'v'mii:'' 
i»r  the  sultjfi; 

(»!'  tlio  inliali 

as  tnulosiiu'r 
t  of  I'onloiiiiit 
is  appeal,  ain 
pliH.'O    tlio   oiu 

I'tirthor  iiujui 

elvos,  goneniJ, 

LINCJ. 
ER. 
NELLY. 

lAY. 

fANDLER. 
CARTIIY. 
OUDEVV. 
TH. 
VZER. 

from  Victoria, 

n  the  hospital, 

steward.     He 

Ciij)(a{ii,  d-c. 


Island, 

ch  30,  I860. 

'ceipt  of  your 
vhieh  purports 
:>f'  my  eonduct 

,  a  statement 
neredible.  it 
iitiM'fered  witli 
n'tioii  in  MmIj 
isient  persons, 
the  stroiigotit. 
n  to  my  men, 
er  stake  upon 
I  recognize 
vlio  are  indig- 


naat  that  I   should   have   ititerfered  with   their   "trade."    liowever 
iUflfful. 

For  the  inloniiatioH  of  the  corauiaiuling  general  and  to  give  him 
the  I'ullest  proolV',  of  the  embarrassing  position  1  oeenpy,  unless  I 
choo.^e  to  shut  my  eyes  to  the  evils  existing  \\\)o\\  the  island,  and  at- 
tempt no  remedy,  1  beg  to  I'or-vard  the  statement  ot"  Mr.  Newsoin, 
late  magistrate  on  the  island,  as  also  a  jietition  from  the  bona  Jidc 
settlers.  In  the  present  anomalous  position  of  the  island  all  sorts  of 
opinions  are  held  by  oven  the  residents  as  to  jurisdietittn  and  authority. 
They  an-  i>pposed  to  Whatcom  county  jurisdiction  in  whole  or  in 
part,  alleging  certain  grievances.  Many  of  the  citi/.ens  think  that 
until  the  question  of  title  is  settled  the  island  is  properly  under 
military  jurisdiction,  and  would  be  glad  to  have  it  so  declared. 

I  understood  from  Judge  Fitzhugh  last  Deeendier,  that  in  his 
opinion  1  had  full  power  to  act  against  evil-doers  in  general;  and  "  if 
I  found  dilHculty  in  that,  to  arrest  them  and  send  them  ever  to  him." 
In  the  absence  of  any  fixed  and  definite  jurisdiction,  opinions  being 
various,  and  my  instruction^'  general  in  their  character,  I  have  been 
obliged  to  act  as  cases  arose,  according  to  circumstances  and  my 
judgment. 

At  the  suggestion,  and  by  the  advice  of  Mr.  Crosbie,  then  magis- 
trate, to  whom  1  apjdied  for  action  against  the  nuisance  of  twt>  whisky 
shanties  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  my  cani}i,  I  j)ublished  an 
order  on  the  Kith  of  Jlecend)er  declaring  the  military  reserve  to  em- 
bra<"e  an  area  of  four  sipiare  miles,  and  directed  Frank  Chandler  and. 
his  partner,  Dennis  McCarthy,  and  Frazer  (undorstooil  since  to  be  a 
British  sul)ject)  to  remove  thei.-  respective  nuisances,  giving  them 
the  privilege  of  joining  their  liquor  dealing  brethren  in  ''town," 
whieh  they  promptly  accepted.  The  same  order  forbade,  under 
penalty  of  prosecution,  the  trading  or  having  in  possession  soldiers' 
clothing,  a  practice  which  luul  been  carried  to  a  great  extent  by  the 
liquor  dealers,  a  sj)ecial  shop  !.t  Victoria  for  their  sale  having  been 
kttpt  sui)plied.  Subsequently,  James  Frazer,  who  had  been  per- 
mitted to  occupy  his  shanty  on  the  {)romise  of  al)staining  from  li(iuor 
traffic,  was  detected  in  lying,  a  number  of  bottles  of  liipior  destroyed 
whieh  he  had  kept  contealed  beneath  his  flooring,  whereupon  he 
again  retired  to  the  "town."  Drunkenness  increasing,  1  determined 
that  the  authors  of  the  mischief  slnnild  not  go  on  with  iinpunity.  I 
preferred  to  make  use  of  civil  action  when  possible,  rattier  than  take 
the  shorter  method  of  acting  upon  my  "reserved"  rigliis,  and  brought 
suit  against  Howker,  Ctiaiuiler,  and  Frazer.  The  first  two  only  were 
tried,  and  the  j»i'.v,  in  the  face  of  the  facts,  accjuitted.  A  German 
Jew,  whose  H'stablishment  was  the  greatest  nuisance  of  all,  who  had 
repi'atcdly  dei  lared  his  Miteution  of  a  speedy  removal,  I  nv.xdv  an  ex- 
ample of  by  direiting  him  lo  remove  liis  liquors  oiV  the  "reserve." 
It  so  happened  that  the  order  was  simultaneous  with  the  arrival  of 
the   Jew's    boi.t    for   the    purpose    of   carrying   out    his   intention   of 

rmioving  his  stock  altogether  from  the  island,  and  this  coincidence, 
presume,  has  suggested  t)ie  charge  of  "driving"  the  inhabitants 
from  the  island.      Finally,  Mr.  iiiggins,  the  only  merchant  (t.  c,  the 


.4#> 


.  i-.,  -fi^ 


'J^■.«1l«•M>^««fc. 


'jm^Sm. 


Wj 


>:    " 


\ih4:' 


26 


CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  GESEBAL  HARNEY. 


only  person  who  deals  in  dry  goods,  Ac.)  in  the  "town,"  who  li     f>hore 
frequently  expressed  a  fear  of  his  life  being  atteir.))ted  by  the  \  gjg„ej  tl 


>. 


ery  i 


€^en. 


Sib:  \' 


rabble  wlio  surrounded  him,  aj  plied  to  me   for  assistance.     Mn; 

circumstances  went  to  prove  that  his  neighbor,  a  boatman,  Keari,. 

by  name,  and,  as  has  since  appeared,  a  British  subject,  had  roi)li 

him  during  his  absence  of  a  large  (juantity  of  i)otatoes;  several  ri^ 

beries  had  occurred  al)out  that  time;  there  was  no  magistrate  up 

the  island,  and  with  some  reluctance  I  yielded  to  the  appeals  of  11 

Higgings,  and  sent  a  file  of  the  guard  to  accompany  Mr.  Higgins 

the  search   for  his  potatoes.     Tliis  is  probably  the  "  inquisitoriiil 

action  referred  to,  but  it  was  for  Kearney  to  complain,  if  any  oii 

On  the  contrary,  he  expressed  his  perfect  willingness  that  the  militii: 

should  search  his  cabin.  *^®  islam 

In  conclusion,  I  may  be  permitted  to  add,  that  I  congratulate  m  aJid  quie 
self  upon  having  won  the  confidence  and  best  wishes  of  all  the  respci  "°®^^^''^ 
able  inhabitants  of  the  island.  *^**  "^^' 

I  am,  sir,  verv  rospectfuUv,  vour  obedient  servant,  ^^*^  "^"S 

L.   C.  HUNT,         result  oi 
Caj)fain  4th  Infantry,  Ccmma.nding.  P*I*  ". 

Captain  Alfked  Pleasaxton,  Havin 

Adinr/  Asfti^tovt  Adjutant  General  Fort  l\mcoiiver,  W.  T.  Hunt,  tli 

quest  th; 


you, 


to 


G 


en. 


promptly 

Sir:  Your  oommuniciition  to  Cai)tain  Hunt,  dated  March  21st,  h 
been  shown  tome,  and  I  have  been  required  to  make  a  brief stat- 
ment  conc'crning  it. 

A  portion  of  the  parties  who  signed  the  communication  to  yiv 
dated  March  7,  18(!0.  reside  in  the  town  of  San  Juan,  and  are  engaj 
in  the  retail  traflic  of  liquors,  the  l)alance  are  itinerant  boatmen,  k 

Bowker,  Chandler,  and  Frazcrhave  each  been  arrested  on  warraii' 
issued  by  myself,  (as  a  justice  of  the  j>eace  of  Whatcom  county,)  t' 
retailing  liquors  without  a  license,  aiK^  notwithstanding  the  prod 
Avere  positi\e  as  to  the  facts,  the  jury  .  i  each  case  brought  in  a  vi" 
diet  of  "not  guilty,''  thereby  showing  a  determination  to  resist  t!; 
execution  of  the  revenue  laws  of  Wasliington  Territory  on  the  islaii': 
Tiie  matter  has  been  referred  to  the  county  commissioner  of  Whatco 
county. 

Justices  of  the  peace  have  not  the  power   to  summarily  punish  utain  lui 
fenders  against  this  portion  of  the  revenue  laws.  service. 

The  general  feeling  of  the  actual  settlers  of  the  island  (numberii  •*"  '"*' 
about  lifty,  a  majority  of  whom  are  citizens  of  the  United  States)  ii]  cupatio 
pears  to  be  in  favor  of  having  the  laws  of  Washington  Territory  c^*^<"^M>|»I 
tended  over  the  island  in  all  cases  relating  to  life  and  property,  l)i:***K^  "* 
that  no  revenue,  either  federal  or  municipal,  should  be  collected  frn:"'"^  "■  " 
any  resident  of  the  island;  and  they  consider  a  license  tax  municipi^*^*"*^  ,^ 
revenue.  I  pure 

Under  the  existing  state  of  affairs  on  the  island,  it  is  necessary  thu  1"*'^"'^ 
Bumraary  power  should  bo  exercised  by  some  officer  representing  tli  ****E"^<^ 


COLOI 

taining 


United  States. 


pNiies. 


•  ^» 


-f-i^'t  JSC'. 


,  .,-#•' 


CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  GENERAL  HARNEY. 


27 


There    is  at   present  no  civil   officer  upon  the  islond,  I  having  ro- 
8i|Med  tlie  position  which  I  liohl. 
Ter' 


ry  respectfully,  your  ohediont  servant, 


D.  P.  NEWSOM, 

Lalo.  Magistrate. 


■ey. 

own,"  who  li 
)te(l  by  the  vl 
istanco.  Ma: 
itnian,  Keariii 
;ct,  had  roi)li 

es;  several  n.     ©gn.  Wm.  S.  IlAnNET. 
uagistrate  up 

ap{)eals  of  il  

Mr.  Higgins 

..ilfTf"!!!^'''''  San  Juan  Island,  Morch  30,  1860. 

ain,  II  any  on  _  ' 

hat  the  nnlita:  SiB:  We,  the  uiuloisigncd,  American  citizens,  actual  settlers  upon 
the  island,  and  tillers  of  the  soil,  respectfully  represent,  that  the  peace 

iifratulate  ni^^d  quiet  of  the  island  demand  that  a  stop  should  be  put  to  the  un- 

all  the  respct^'oensed  and  uncontrolled  liquor  dealing  carried  on  upon  the  island; 
that  there  is  no  prospect,  for  various  reasons,  that  any  magistrate 
will  long  contimie  to  e>:erciso   his  functioi.'S  amongst  us;  that  by  the 

HUNT  result  of  two  recent  jury  trials  it  appears  that  no  check  exists  on  the 

Having  full  conndenco  m  the   judgment  and  discretion  of  Captain 
k'OMi'fir    W  T.  Hunt,  the  military  commander  upon  the  island,  we  respectfully  re- 
quest that  you  will  give  him  such  instructions  as  may  seem  proper  to 
you,   to  the  end   that  the  military  power  may  be  brought  to  bear 
promptly  for  the  suppression  of  this  great  nuisance  in  our  midst. 
We  have  the  honor  to  be.  with  high  respect  and  esteem, 

J.  EVERETT  HEWETT, 
DANIEL  W.  OAKES, 
D.  F.  NEWSOM,  Lafc  3ra(ilstrat€, 
And  thirty  others. 
Gen.  Wm.  S.  Harney, 

Commanding  the  Dcparhnent  of  Oreqon. 


March  21st,  li 
ke  a  l)rief  stat- 


nication  to  yrr 
iiid  are  cnga;,i 
lit  boatmen,  A 
■sted  on  warraii 

;'om  county,)  t' _ 

ding  the  proo 

rought  in  a  vo'  t,  t^  .\ 

•  /l         •  f  ti  Headquartebs  Dei'artment  of  Oregon, 

ion  to  u.Mstu.  p       Vancouver,   W.  T.,  April  12,  18G0. 

•y  on  tlie  islaii';  .  »  )     /^  i 

ner  of  WhatcoL     Colonel:  Your  comnumication  of  the  7th  of  February  last,   con- 
taining the  desire  of  the  Secretary  of  W^ar  for  an  explanation  of  cer- 
arilv  ])unisli  o^^  furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  stated  to  have  been  employed  in  my 

seiwice,  has  been  received, 
and  fnumberii:  ^^  •'*'Pl.v,  I  have  the  honor  to  state,  that  in  consequence  of  the  oc- 
lited  States)  111  *'''^^^'""  "^  ^''*^  military  reserve  at  this  place  by  the  Hudson  Bay 
:)n  Territory  c>^*'^P**'^y  ^"^  the  Catholic  mission,  I  was  compelled,  the  past  year, 
d  propertv  ])i:*®  K^  beyond  the  reserve  to  make  a  garden  for  myself  and  stalT.  This 
1!  collected  fror'"'''*  ^  necessity,  unless  I  had  consented  to  encroach  upon  the  gardens 
le  tax  municii)i!°^*'^'^  trooj^s,  which  I  was  not  disposed  to  do.  To  secure  the  ground, 
I  purchased  it,  and  such  labor  as  was  placed  upon  it  by  soldiers  on 
s  necessary  tliir^'*'^^"??''  ^^"^  1"'''^^  '"^'  f'^itof  my  private  means.  Seven  men  were  fur- 
enresontinff  tli''*''fe^*^^  '^'>'  ^"3'  orders  for  this  ])urpose  from  a  command  of  iive  com- 


epresonting  tli' 


pitiies.     During  the  time  occupied  in  improving  this  place — for  I  bad. 


..4«^"«U^M>      -f 


ll'\ 


.n 


sMittmmimt 


MH 


V ' 


K.. 


28 


CORRESPONDENCE   WITH    GENERAL   HARNEY, 


S  . 


il' 


•    .    '   ti 


others  tliuu  so'iicrs  employed — the  ordnaneo  ofiieers,  Lieiitonar 
Sill  and  Welclier,  were  struck  with  its  iidviinta<;es  as  a  site  for 
arsenal,  and  Lieutenant  Weloher  made  a  report  to  that  eflect  to  I 
colonel  of  ordnaii'-e,  rcquestinj^  perniitision  to  obtain  it.  Satisli 
there  could  be  no  diiliculty  in  the  transfer  to  the  United  States,  n 
being  always  desirous  of  advancing  the  public  interest,  I  yielded  t 
place  to  Lieutenant  Weleher,  and  he  occui)ied  it  with  his  detiichim 
for  some  weeks,  when  he  told  nie  he  had  rei'eived  instructions  from  i 
colonel  of  ordnance  not  to  take  the  jdaee.  but  to  build  elsewhere, 
was  surprised  soon  after  this  to  receive  an  indorsement  of  the  Scof 
tary  of  War,  on  a  statement  of  the  colonel  of  ordnance,  refuting  t 
report  made  to  me  by  Lieutenant  Weleher,  and  desiring  to  know  I 
what  amount  I  would  be  willing  to  dispose  of  my  improvements. 

My  communication  to  your  office  of  December  26,  1859,  placed  t; 
whole  matt'^r  tiefore  you;  and  I  shall  only  add  that,  since  that  dai 
I  have  held  the  place  subject  to  the  disposition  of  the  War  ]• 
partment. 

These  are  the  facts  of  t.-e  case,  in  regard  to  whicli  the  generali; 
chief  has  permitted  himselt  to  receive  misstatements  from  a  suli. 
tern  in  arrest  for  conduct  t!ie  Secretary  himself  decides  in  yo, 
communication  was  a  grave  breoch  of  discipline. 

The  course  pursued  by  the  g3neral-in-chief  is  the  more  marki 
from  his  having  declined  to  land  at  Fort  Vancouver  for  the  purpo: 
of  giving  his  personal  attention  to  a  proper  disposition  of  the  requir 
ments  of  the  service.  I  am  not  surprised,  therefore,  that  the  Seer 
tary  of  War  should  e-ipress  disapprobation  towards  myself,  uud 
circumstances  so  adverse  to  an  impartial  hearing  of  the  case. 

I  remain,  colonel,  very  respectfuUv,  your  obedient  servant, 

WM.  S.  HARNEY, 
Brujadier  General,  Commanding. 

Colonel  S.  Cooper, 

Adjutant  General  United  Statea  Army, 

Washington  City,  D.  C. 


Tom  Cn 
probable 
suitable 
the  troi) 
shall  can 
until  ear 
I  am, 


Assist 


Sir:  1 
withdra' 
informal 
building 
Washinj 
that  the 

A  sill 
Simcoe, 
general- 

I  am, 


Ahsis 


Headquarters  Department  of  Oreoon, 
Fort  Vancouver,   IV.  T.,  April  25,  1860. 

Sir:  1  have  the  honor  to  report  that,  in  obedience  to  General  0: 
ders  No.  6  of  this  year,  from  the  headquarters  of  the  army,  I  ha'. 
directed  special  reconnaissances  to  be  made,  with  a  view  to  obtai 
the  niost  suitable  location  for  the  new  post  ordered  to  be  establislit 
in  the  vicinity  of  Fort  Boise. 

The  explorations  and  discoveries  of  the  past  season  render  this  tli 
more  necessary,  since  they  indicate  the  establishment  of  a  new  rout 
for  emigrants,  some  distance  to  the  west  of  Snake  river,  to  avoid  tli 
sandy  and  barren  portions  of  that  route. 

To  enable  the  general-in-chief  to  observe  the  positions  of  the* 
proposed  routes,  a  copy  of  the  map  of  that  section  of  country,  takei 


Fort 
Depart; 
Harney 
at  Fort 
three  c 

Resp 


.  jH<^.iaM-« 


\ 


EY, 

rs,  Lieutoiiat 

IS  u  sito  for. 

it  cflbct  to  t; 

1    it.     Satisli 

ite'd  States,  ii 

t,  I  yielded  t: 

lis  detiicliiiK 

ictions  Iroiiit 

1  elsewliero. 

nt  of  the  Sccr 

cc,  refuting  t 

•ing  to  know  i 

rovements. 

859,  placed  t: 

since  that  dat 

of  the  War  Ji 

I  the  generalj; 
s  from  a  mk 
lecidcs  in  yo. 

e  more  marki 
or  the  purpih 

1  of  the  requir 

that  the  Seer 

8  myself,  uud 

[he  case. 

t  servant, 

ARNEY, 
Commanding. 


CORRESPONDENCE   WITH   GENERAL  HARNEY. 


29 


"rem  Captain  Wallen's  explorations,  is  herewith  enclosed.  It  is 
probable,  from  the  distance  of  country  to  be  [lassed  over,  that  a 
Buijtablo  location  for  the  post  may  not  be  ascertained  in  time  to  place 
till  troops  in  ])osition  bei'ore  the  coming  winter,  in  which  event  I 
smll  cause  all  the  preparations  to  be  raado^  but  defer  the  movement 
uniil  early  in  the  spring. 

I  am,  sir,  very  resj)ectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

W.  S.  HARNEY, 
Bikjadier  Gennvl,  Covwiandivg. 
Assistant  Adjutant  Genkual, 

lIi'cuJqmrlerK  of  the.  Anny,  Neio  York  city. 


TlEAngUAUTRnS  PrPARTMKNT  op  ORWiON, 

Fod  Vancouver,  IV.  T.,  il%  5,  1800. 

Sir:  The  troops  at  Forts  JJcllingham  and  Townsend  having  been 
withdrawn  to  Fort  Steilacoom,  I  liave  the  honor  to  re|)ort,  for  the 
information  of  the  general-in-chief,  that  I  have  offered  the  use  of  the 
buildings  at  tlK)se  places  to  the  superintendent  of  Indian  affairs  of 
Washington  and  Oregon  for  positions  as  agencies,  with  the  condition 
that  they  would  be  relinquished  if  needed  hereafter  by  this  command. 
A  similar  arrangement  has  answered  a  good  purpose  lor  Fort 
Simcoe,  and  1  trust  the  i)resent  one  will  meet  the  approval  of  tho 
general-in-chief  and  the  War  Department. 

I  am,  sir.  very  respectfully,  vour  obedient  servant. 

WM.  S.  HARNEY, 
Brvjadii-r  General,  (JomriMndimj. 
Assistant  Adjutant  Genkiul. 

IIeadi]imrter.f  of  the  Army,  New  York  nty. 

[Indoniement.  ] 

Heauquauti:us  of  the  Army, 

Washinrjtov,  June  14,  1860. 

Fort  Bellingham  was  broken  up  pursuant  to  orders  from  the  War 

Department;    Fort  Townsend   by   the  orders  of  Brigadier   General 

, ,  „^    .  j.y„    Harney.      By  abandoning  this  latter  post,  four  companies  are  placed 

'  ■    at  Fort  Steilacoom,  where  it  is  understood  there  are  only  quarters  for 

to  General  0:  t|jfe,>  comi)anies. 


C. 


'  Oreoon, 
\pril  25,  1860. 

[le  army,  I  ha'. 
I  view  to  obtai 

0  be  establish^ 

1  render  this  tli 
t  of  a  new  roui 
var,  to  avoid  tli 

(sitions  of  the? 
f  country,  takei 


'I 
Reapectfullv  forwarded  to  the  adjutant  general. 

I  L.  THOMAS, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 


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